Healthcare-acquired Infections
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Staffing, work environment drive VAP risk in the ICU
Key clinical point: The impact of nurse work environment on risk of VAP in the ICU depends on the unit’s physician staffing model. Major finding:...
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Universal decolonization reduces CLABSI rates in large health care system
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Primary care management of sepsis survivors does not improve mental health quality of life
Survivors of sepsis or septic shock do not experience a signficant increase in their mental health quality of life by receiving primary care...
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Hospital-acquired respiratory viruses cause significant morbidity, mortality
BOSTON – Hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections may be a significant and underappreciated cause of morbidity and mortality among...
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Recurrent C. diff infection much more costly to treat
The costs of treating patients with recurrent C. difficile infection are approximately two to three times the treatment costs for patients with...
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Building owners, managers must do more to prevent Legionnaires’ disease
The CDC’s latest Vital Signs report calls on all building administrators to implement better water system management plans to prevent the spread...
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Bezlotoxumab beats placebo at preventing recurrent C. difficile infections in high-risk patients
SAN DIEGO – The monoclonal antibody bezlotoxumab prevented recurrent Clostridium difficile infections among high-risk patients even more...
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Improvement needed for U.S. acute care hospitals implementing ASPs
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Ultrasound improves early diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Key clinical point: The specificity of the examination for ventilator-associated pneumonia diagnosis could be increased with daily lung-ultrasound...
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Study: Number of MRSA cases in Japan may be underestimated
Sentinel disease surveillance systems may substantially underestimate the actual number of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...
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FDA warns against routine fluoroquinolone use
The FDA has issued a warning against the routine prescribing of fluoroquinolone antibiotics to patients with sinusitis, bronchitis, and...